2008 Atlanta Dream season

2008 Atlanta Dream season
Coach Marynell Meadors
Arena Philips Arena
Attendance 8,316 per game
Results
Record 4–30 (.118)
Place 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Betty Lennox (17.5)
Rebounds Érika de Souza (6.6)
Assists Ivory Latta (3.6)
← 2007 season

The 2008 WNBA season was the first for the Atlanta Dream. The team name was unveiled on January 23, 2008, with the expansion draft held on February 6. The Atlanta Dream had seventeen straight losses. It was the longest losing streak to start a season in WNBA history.

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The list of players selected in the Expansion Draft includes:

Additionally, Atlanta immediately orchestrated three trades involving players in the expansion draft.[1]

WNBA Draft

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Roster

Atlanta Dream roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 33 United States Bales, Alison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Duke
G/F 8 Brazil Castro Marques, Iziane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Brazil
F/C 14 Brazil DeSouza, Erika 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Brazil
C 44 United States Feenstra, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University
G 4 United States Haynie, Kristin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 147 lb (67 kg) Michigan State
F 21 United States Lacy, Jennifer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Pepperdine
G 12 United States Latta, Ivory 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 143 lb (65 kg) North Carolina
G 22 United States Lennox, Betty 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Louisiana Tech
G 9 Sweden Nnamaka, Chioma 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Georgia Tech
G/F 43 United States Strother, Ann 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 166 lb (75 kg) Connecticut
G 42 United States Teasley, Nikki 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 159 lb (72 kg) North Carolina
F/C 35 United States Terry, Kasha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgia Tech
F 23 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) James Madison University
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • United States Kara Dolling
Strength and conditioning coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x2212.647–14–38–916–4
Connecticut Sun x2113.6181.013–48–913–7
New York Liberty x1915.5593.011–68–911–9
Indiana Fever x1717.5005.011–66–1112–8
Chicago Sky o1222.35310.08–94–1310–10
Washington Mystics o1024.29412.06–114–136–14
Atlanta Dream o430.11818.01–163–142–18

Schedule

Preseason

2008 Game Log: Preseason

Regular season

The Atlanta Dream lost their first game in franchise history, 67-100. Their opponent was the Connecticut Sun; the Sun delivered a 32-8 run that stretched into the second quarter to open a 17-point lead. The lead exploded to 34 points. At the conclusion of the game, the Dream were outrebounded 53-29. For the Dream, Stacey Lovelace had 11 points, five assists and four rebounds.

2008 Game Log: Regular Season

Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Betty Lennox 343329.7.415.358.8554.22.41.30.117.5
Ivory Latta 343128.2.362.344.8022.13.61.30.011.4
Érika de Souza 12823.1.585.000.6156.60.71.41.89.3
Iziane Castro Marques 292023.1.353.309.8142.21.80.90.29.3
Tamera Young 331522.6.333.325.6914.21.20.90.37.3
Katie Feenstra 33414.0.535.000.7503.90.30.90.86.7
Stacey Lovelace 15717.2.404.417.6923.61.01.10.76.1
Jennifer Lacy 332218.3.389.190.6732.70.80.60.25.7
Alison Bales 17922.3.405.333.6776.00.60.91.74.8
Camille Little 13217.0.420.400.5933.10.70.80.54.8
Kasha Terry 20813.8.474.000.6063.20.50.50.64.6
Kristen Mann 13817.2.409.5001.0001.51.10.60.33.5
Kristin Haynie 33314.7.316.313.7501.72.50.90.12.8
Ann Strother 2107.6.353.368.6670.60.30.20.11.9
Chioma Nnamaka 1207.0.231.182.6671.00.20.40.01.3

References

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